Emerging Practices in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Date

2002

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Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
Department of Health and Human Services

Abstract

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This report begins with an overview of maltreatment, which briefly describes existing national models of prevention, and is followed by the results of the nomination process for effective and innovative child maltreatment prevention programs. The report concludes with a discussion of the limits of existing knowledge about the effectiveness of prevention, the need to expand efforts to understand the performance and impact of prevention programs, and observations about this process and recommendations for next steps.

Keywords

Best Practices-Prevention

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